Skee-harness.



0. SELMER.

SKEE HARNESS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 20, 1913.

Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

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. Specification-of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct.13, 1914.

Application filed December 20, 1913'. Serial No. 807,829.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, OLAF SELMER, a subject of the King of Norway, residing at Lillehammer, Norway, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skee-I-Iarness; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a new skee harness comprising means acting upon the projecting rim of a boot sole and clamping the latter to the skee body, thereby maintainingthe boot in a fixed position upon said skee body.

In the following I shall proceed to describe my invention clearly with reference to' the annexed drawings illustrating some embodiments of my invention.

(In the drawings: Figure 1 is a sectional front elevation of an embodiment of my in vention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of another embodiment of my invention. Fig. 3 is'a front elevation of the harness shown on Fig. 2 the skee body being shown in section on a line some distance in front of theharnes's. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of a further modification on the harness.

Corresponding parts are indicated by the same letters on all the drawings.

A indicates the skee and B the boot sole.

On the form of harness shown on Fig. 1 the clamping means are formed by bell crank levers F, C pivoted at D on the lateral lugs E. The long arms C of said bell crank levers are standing up, while the shorter arms F, which are formed as thumbs or bosses are resting upon the projecting rim of the sole, when the latter is placed as shown between the lateral lugs E. The upper ends of the long arms C are connected by means of a strap G orthe like, by means of which they may be drawn toward each other. This movement of the arms C'causes the short arms F to be pressed against the rim of the sole thereby clampingthelatter to the skee body A and maintaining the boot in a fixed position. To prevent any slight movement of the sole B upon the skee, body A a base plate is provided between the lat eral lugs I having short spikes, as will be clearly seen on the drawing, said points entering into the bottom of the sole. The said base plate as shown on Fig. 1 may be formed by the connecting piece between the lugs E.

In the harness illustrated on Figs. 2 and 3 the clamping levers C, F are mounted to swing in longitudinal planes instead of a transverse plane as shown on Fig. 1. The long arms G project in a forward and upward direction, forming a bail in front of the boot. The said bail by means of the strap G or a similar appliance may be pulled downward thereby pressing the short arm or thumb F on the projecting rim of the sole as is clearly shown on the drawings.

In the harness illustrated on Fig. 4 the lateral lugs are movable and besides steadying the boot in a lateral direction by means of lateral pressure on the sole also performs the function of clamping the pro ecting rim of the sole to the skee body. In the harness shown on Fig. 4: the movable lateral lugs are formed by one armed levers G pivoted to swing in a transverse plane. The said levers are provided with bosses or thumbs F projecting inwardly and acting upon the Gmay be formed by the laterally projecting I parts of a wire loop mounted in the strap hole of the skee body. The'levers C may be removably hooked around the journals D.

I claim- 1. In a skee harness the combination with the skee-body of side lugs, one on each side to act upon the projecting rim of a boot sole as my invention, I have signed my name in for clamping the same to the skee-body, and presence of two subscribing wltnesses.

a 1011 arm for moving the short arm a ainst the srojecting rim of the boot sole? and OLAF SELMER" 5 means for drawing the long arms toward Witnesses:

each other and holding them in position. M. E. GU'rBovMsEN,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing RUTH LINDSTROM.

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